Military Box Pleats

[Barb T]

Right now I am trying a "reverse kilt". I am going to make one for my mother-in-law and she wants it left-lapping. So I am doing a toddler kilt first as practice, because I am basically making a left-handed kilt.

Did you see this thread? http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...d-works-83767/

Works for me when I have to stitch pleats that fold toward the apron instead of the underapron (either in the kind of kilt you describe or in half the pleats of a Kingussie or reverse Kingussie).

[Michael A]

Yes but I am eccentrically committed to wearing a kilt all day every day for a year for my charity so I can't pin it to jeans! I will give it a go when I can wear pants again (up to $7500 now). This is what I did in the meantime.



But with this one being a toddler kilt I am making from scraps as practice for my mother-in-law's, with the dell being only 3.75", the vice got tedious, so I ended up just putting more pins in and stretching+pinching between each and every stitch. I think I will use it for the larger kilt though.

[Barb T]

Sounds reasonable!